Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Indian e-Learning industry. Size and growth estimates. [The Learned Man!] 10:19:59 PM

m-Learning hitches. Forget Java on mobile phones - it's too crippled to do anything worthwhile. From Lifeblog: A comment on social moblie apps.: QUOTE Here's my proposal, forget the smartphone and deploy something that can be used with simple Java phones. Indeed, I've seen some cool stuff there, too, but nothing out in the wild, yet. UNQUOTE [Roland Tanglao's Weblog] 10:07:32 PM

What happened to technology in education? Beyond the Horseless Carriage. Beyond the Horseless Carriage (.pdf) The author of the paper (Gerry White) explores reasons why technology has not provided the same level of impact on education that it has on business, manufacturing, and finance. In the process, he explores stages of information and communications technology development, as well as learning theories. [elearnspace] 10:04:19 PM

Outsourcing your e-Learning project. Outsourcing requires careful planning. Be sure to factor in costs for conducting due diligence, communications, oversight, international travel and training. [Computerworld News] 10:02:20 PM

Macromedia-Adobe merger moves forward. The merger is expected to close in the fall. Macromedia, Adobe set merger vote date. The companies reiterate that they expect the merger to close in the fall, subject to regulatory approval. [CNET News.com] 9:59:26 PM

Million-dollar weblog! Look ma, seven figures and no salespeople!. Congrats to Jason Calacanis for getting to the million-dollar-a-year level with his weblog business. [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger] 9:55:55 PM

Is podcasting the "killer app for corporate communications and training?" Well, that's what this article claims. I am still skeptical. The podcasting model, applied to training, so far is just another way to deliver a lecture. (Still waiting to see how the latest development of iPod delivery -- including video -- works out.)  However, the writer does offer an interesting example that somewhat gets away from the lecture model (it's still non-interactive, however): "Thousands of sales reps and business partners around the world can zap the audio files straight to their MP3 players, burn them to an audio CD, or just listen from their laptops. In this five-part audio series, employees meet the host and follow sales leaders from their company and a competitor as they try to sell solutions to a fictitious client. Company executives interject commentaries and respond to call-in questions." from [GRONSTEDT GROUP] Please note that this link does not come from an RSS feed and the site is not a weblog. The article title, in case you have to look for it, is "Podcasting: Killer app' for training and corporate communications?" 6:55:39 PM

The future of RSS. It's not just weblogs any more. From Video RSS Feeds to a New Browser With Integrated RSS. In a mix of interesting RSS news, a new multimedia search engine provides customizable RSS feeds with the latest video content, a friend discusses the future of RSS beyond blogs, Tom Forenski questions whether confusion over RSS audience metrics is holding back online media and most importantly, AOL launches an IE-based browser with RSS capabilities. Direct and Related Links for 'From Video RSS Feeds to a New Browser With Integrated RSS' By rss_feedback@lockergnome.com (Rok Hrastnik). [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips] 2:16:52 PM

More about Moodle. Oddly enough, I was talking to someone about Moodle over dinner last night at our local ASTD meeting. Moodle is not well-known outside the academic community, which is too bad. The biggest objection to it that I have heard comes from corporate IT groups, which either don't trust open-source systems or they fear the amount of support that might be required, or both. Moodle Blogs. So here's the question of the day...what's this world look like when Moodle adds it's blog component (due out soon) so that students can exist in the very safe, collaborative space of the CMS while creating and producing their work and then use the blog module to open up the door to the public just a crack to publish? I am loving Moodle, and I obviously love blogging. Seems like a pretty inviting scenario if you ask me. [Weblogg-ed News] 2:13:43 PM

Fold n' Drop. This is cool: Fold n' Drop. New interaction technique for dragging and dropping between overlapping windows. There's a video that demonstrates it on the site. [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger] 2:08:19 PM

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